Jitish Kallat - Contemporary Artists

Rickshawpolis 4

Rickshawpolis 4 The Saatchi Gallery
 

Jitish Kallat

Rickshawpolis 4

2006
Acrylic on canvas with bronze gargoyles

178 x 274 cm

Rickshawpolis 4 is like a vast collision portrait of a thumping, claustrophobic city-street. The vehicles collide on the face of the canvas like a mushroomed explosion; battered vehicles are intermingled with figures that appear to negotiate a way through this chaos and calamity. The painting itself is mounted on bronze sculptures that are re-creations of gargoyles that are found atop the 120 year old Victoria Terminus Building in the centre of Mumbai.
 
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